carbonize

carbonize has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• v. t.. To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.
• v. t.. To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation.
• v.. turn into carbon, as by burning; "carbonize coal"
• v.. unite with carbon; "carburize metal"